![]() |
|
|||||||
| Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the German Luftwaffe and the Air Forces of its Allies. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
||||
|
||||
|
Capture of Ju88 on Cyprus
At 19:00 hrs on the 22 July 1943 four Hurricanes from the 127 Squadron detachment at Nicosia, Cyprus were scrambled and intercepted a Ju88 above Limassol. The aircraft made a landing at Limassol and was captured intact. Eyewitness acounts claim the pilot was very young.
Does anyone have any more information on this incident? |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Ju88 Interception off Ireland, August 1942 | Steve Brew | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 20 | 21st May 2008 18:32 |
| VVS Top pilots: some tables from M.Bykov's book | Evgeny Velichko | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 18 | 30th March 2008 09:18 |
| Ju88 Makers Plate Werk Nr. 15968? | Johnnie | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 4 | 11th March 2008 00:38 |
| JU88 Encounter | Stephen Smith | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 1 | 23rd January 2008 19:14 |
| Unclaimed Ju88 losses in the Battle of Britain | Larry | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 1 | 8th January 2005 18:38 |